Clothes-pounder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB KELLER, JR, OF NAPEBVILLE, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,392, dated March 9, 1880.

Application filed December 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AGOB KELLER, J r., of Naperville, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pounders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification- Figure 1 being a perspective view of myimproved clothes-pounder, showing a socket into which a handle may be inserted, a funnelshaped lower end, a concave disk, and a conical cup having perforations in it, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation, showing the parts above enumerated and a receiving-chamber above the conical cup.

Corresponding letters denote like parts in both figures.

.This invention relates to pounders for washing clothes and other substances; and it consists in the combination of a funnel-shaped vessel, a concave perforated disk, a conical cup having apertures in its upper surface for the passage of water, and a chamber for receiving water through a central opening in a concave disk.

In constructing pounders of this character I form a funnel, A, of sheet metal or other suitable material, and of such dimensions as may be required, its lower edge, when made of sheet metal, being turned over, so as to receive a wire for strengthening it. At a short distance from the bottom'of the funnel there is placed a perforated disk, B, the outer edge of which is flat for a short distance from the inner surface of the funnel, and is supplied with apertures G C, so that as the pounder is pressed down upon the material to be washed the water, or a portion of that gathered into the disk, may pass out into the upper portion of the funnel. To the lower surface of the disk, and near its highest portion, there isaffixed a conical cup or cylinder, B, its upper edge bein g provided with a series of openings, through which water passes from the interior of the cup to the lower surface of the concave disk. To

the upper end of the funnel A there is soldered or otherwise secured a socket, D, it being surrounded, when made of sheet metal, with a supporting'ring, D, by which it is secured to the funnel. To the lower end of the socket D there is secured a chamber, E, which may be conical in form, if desired, its lower end being soldered to the upper surface of the disk B, and provided with apertures, through which any water entering said chamber through the central opening,"F,in the disk may pass out into the upper portion of the funnel.

When in use this pounder is to be provided with a handle, one end of which is placed in the socket D, its length being such as to allow of the pounder being conveniently raised and lowered by the operator.

The operation of this pounder is as follows: It being constructed as described, the clothing to be cleansed is to be placed in any suitable tub, and the requisite amount of water and soap or other cleansing material supplied, when, by raising the pounder to a considerable height above the contents of the tub and suddenly thrusting it down again, the lower surfaces of the funnel, the disk, and the cup will come in contact with the clothes and the dirt will be removed therefrom, the water gathered into these difierent devices being forced through the various openings into the upper portion of the funnel, the operation of raising and lowering the pounder being repeated until the clothes are fully cleansed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pounder for washing clothes, the com bination of a funnel-shaped vessel, a concave perforated disk, a conical cup having apertures in its upper surface for the passage of water, and a chamber for receiving water through a. central opening in the concave disk, the parts being constructed and arranged for operation substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB KELLER, JR.

Witnesses:

H. H. GOODRIGH, A. L. FREUND. 

